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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 45% | 9 | It describes the shift from voiceless stops to fricatives, and voiced stops to voiceless stops | |
3 | 27% | 7 | 'Stop!' Who stops play? What stops play? | |
Stops Playing Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "RESTS" which means:
- noun
- • Something left after other parts have been taken away
- • Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- • A pause for relaxation
- • A state of inaction
- • Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- • A support on which things can be put
- • A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration verb
- • Not move; be in a resting position
- • Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- • Give a rest to
- • Have a place in relation to something else
- • Be at rest
- • Stay the same; remain in a certain state
- • Be inherent or innate in
- • Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- • Sit, as on a branch
- • Rest on or as if on a pillow
- • Be inactive, refrain from acting
An example sentence would be:
- • "She rests her head on the pillow and falls asleep."
- • "The cat often rests on the windowsill and watches birds outside."
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